IDNO

D.98885.GCUM

Description

“Cannibal Forks. Used only for human flesh. All carved without any metal tool.”
The first fork is annotated as belonging to Baron von Hugel, and the second, third, and fourth fork as belonging to Constance Gordon Cumming.
The fifth fork is noted as being “16 inches in length.” The sixth fork from left is annotated as being a “cannibal fork common in the mountains of Viti Levu.” [Gordon Cumming’s annotation, JD 6/1/2012]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica [Original Artist]

Collector / Expedition

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Date

circa 1876 - 1877

Collection Name

Gordon Cumming Collection

Source

Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Format

Painting

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This album has been transferred from CUMMA’s Object Collections (original accession number Z 4152), into the Photographic Collections, and catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.

P.98869.GCUM to P.99045.GCUM are in A.169.GCUM.